Ghana Temple

Friday was a beautiful day, and what better way to start the day than to go to the Ghana Temple.  The temple was so pretty both inside and out, with pretty dark wood, stained glass windows, and manicured landscaping.  It was so nice to be able to attend a session and feel the peace inside the temple.

Me with the Maughans - notice the batik skirt Marsha made me!

After attending the temple, we went to the church building right next door where a little 8-year-old Ghanaian girl was getting baptized.  The room was packed, so we sat in the hallway.  It was so fun to see all the primary children there to support her.

On our way home, we stopped at a roadside stand to get some coconuts.  I had seen these stands all over the place for the entire week and was intrigued with how the "coconut boys" manning the stands would cut the shells off of the coconuts with machetes.  Not sure how they avoid cutting their fingers off!

One of the coconut boys thought I needed to be his wife :-)  I had actually gotten another proposal earlier in the week (sight unseen!) from another Ghanaian who wanted to marry me and come to the United States.  I was given his name and phone number on a piece of paper!

We took our coconuts home to enjoy with our dinner.  We all tried the coconut milk, but I don't think any of us really liked it.  We decided the coconut milk might be better mixed in with a smoothie.  But it sure was fun to drink it straight from the coconut!